Managed Service - Apache Kafka on Azure
Canonical
Apache Kafka is an open source distributed message broker and streaming platform capable of ingesting and processing streaming data in real-time.
Streamline service delivery
Canonical Managed Apache Kafka streamlines the otherwise burdensome and time-consuming operational service delivery of high volume, data-intensive applications by offloading design, implementation and management of your Kafka service environment.
Benefit from Canonical’s expertise
Delivered as an end-to-end service, Managed Apache Kafka offers a cost-effective, compliant and low-friction solution. Rely on Canonical’s comprehensive open source software delivery experience and expertise whilst retaining oversight.
99.9% uptime backed by an SLA
Managed Apache Kafka is delivered as a fully managed service tailored to your specific needs and requirements. The entire solution is backed by a 99.9% uptime SLA.
Actively monitored, secure & accredited
The solution includes 24x7 active break/fix monitoring and is offered with GDPR, SOC2 and ISO-27001/2 compliance through CloudCertify Level-2 certification.
Canonical is the company behind the Ubuntu operating system, which powers 70% of the Linux workloads on Azure. Canonical offers fully-managed Apache Kafka anywhere, on-prem and in multi-cloud environments including inside your Azure tenant on either AKS or Azure VMs. It is upstream Kafka on-rails, fully automated and integrated into your infrastructure.
Features
- Secure:
- Kafka ACLS data-plane authorisation
- Encrypted client-broker transfer with TLS
- Data security assurance — SOC2 and ISO27001/2
- Integrated:
- Direct host access and IP visibility
- Open source Kafka Connect
- Open source Schema Registry
- Open source Kafka REST Proxy
- Reliable:
- 99.9% SLA, high availability by default
- Load balancing and data replication
- Optimised:
- Kafka experts provide 24/7 management
- Schedule updates to downtime windows
- Web-based dashboard of key health metrics